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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Perth?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Liverpool for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Liverpool’s own page.

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Liverpool 22, Perth 86: Perth leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Perth 58: Perth leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Perth 42: Liverpool leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Perth 42: Liverpool leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Perth 72: Perth leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Perth 48: Liverpool leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Perth 74: Perth leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Perth 55: Liverpool leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Perth 44: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Perth 28: Liverpool leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Perth 50: Liverpool leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Perth 38: Perth leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Perth.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Liverpool
52match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolPerth
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112 or 999000
Elevation70 m2 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolPerth
City population513,4412,141,834
People per km²4,592334
Museums within 10 km3115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.